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27/07/2018

Futami and Hasegawa win tie-break thriller in Tokyo

Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2018 – Japan’s Azusa Futami and Akiko Hasegawa won a hard-fought match against Thailand’s Varapatsorn Radarong and Thanarattha Udomchavee to move to the Round of 16 of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Tokyo 3-star on Friday.

Futami and Hasegawa bounced back from their setback in the second set with a two-point edge in the thrilling tie-break set 2-1 (22-20, 20-22, 17-15).

“There were things that did not go well since we started the competition, but we kept a strong mind to win,” Futami said. “We showed our fighting spirit in this match.”

“Our condition is getting better in each match,” Hasegawa said. “We played with a lot of aggressiveness. We had a strong will to win and that translated to victory.”

Earlier, the Japanese pair recorded a 2-0 (21-16, 21-11) victory against Canada’s Julie Gordon and Sophie Bukovec in pool play.